Fra Angelico and the Rise of the Florentine Renaissance
Author: Strehlke, Carl BrandonBrand: Thames & HudsonEdition: IllustratedBinding: PaperbackFormat: IllustratedNumber Of Pages: 256Release Date: 28-01-2020Part Number: Illustrated in colour and black and whitDetails: With illustrations that demonstrate the rich colors and intense light that imbue Fra Angelico’s work, this book takes a deeper look at one of the master painters of the Florentine Renaissance. One of the great fifteenth-century masters, Fra Angelico was one of several painters who shaped the beginnings of the Florentine Renaissance. Although, because of his occupation as a friar, he is sometimes considered separately from his contemporaries, including Masaccio, Masolino, Paolo Uccello, Filippo Lippi, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Donatello, Nanni di Banco, and Filippo Brunelleschi, Fra Angelico and the Rise of the Florentine Renaissance examines his early works and shows that not only was he a participant in the artistic culture of the time, but also a key innovator. Angelico’s brea